FOUNDING CADRE

The New Yorker, November 28, 1970 P. 52

PROFILE of a group of young women active in the cause of the human female. Only their first names are given. Two were well known in the city's new feminist circles: Hannah, writing a book on American feminist theory; Barbara who was responsible for an angry trac on sexuality. Eve, a third, had just started to write about women's issues for one of the newspapers. Nina, the fourth, was about to divorce her husband. Tells about meetings of this group, called a founding cadre & how they organized other groups. The organization that they started is thriving and has been a model for hundreds of others. Feminists are divided into reformers and radicals. This group were radicals - concerned with "the psychology of sex roles". Most of the radicals are young, educated, and unmarried. Some of the radical groups are: The Feminists, Redstockings N.Y. Radical Feminists, Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell, Media Women, Columbia Women's liberation. Among the goals of the groups are: free & legal abortion & free contraceptive clinics; blame for female oppression fixed publicly on the male power structure; policewomen to deal with sex crimes; state salaries for housewives; free child-care centers staffed by women and men; working mothers' expenses tax-deductible; textbooks rewritten with history of women taught.